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keskinkertainen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • average noun A single value that represents the typical or central figure in a set of numbers, usually found by adding them up and dividing by how many there are.
  • indifferent adj Having no particular interest, concern, or preference.
  • mean verb To intend or have in mind as a purpose.
  • mediocre adj Neither good nor bad; average in a disappointing way.
  • moderate adj Neither too much nor too little; reasonable in amount or degree.

Senses

keskinkertainen is used for these senses in English:

  • average Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
  • comme ci comme ça Neither good nor bad; so so; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
  • indifferent Mediocre (usually used negatively in modern usage).
  • mean (obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
  • mediocre Not excellent or outstanding, usually disappointingly so.
  • moderate Mediocre

average — full definition

  1. noun A single value that represents the typical or central figure in a set of numbers, usually found by adding them up and dividing by how many there are.
  2. adjective Typical or ordinary; neither especially good nor especially bad.
  3. verb To calculate the average of a set of numbers, or to amount to an average figure over time.

indifferent — full definition

  1. adj Having no particular interest, concern, or preference.
  2. adj Mediocre; neither good nor bad.

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